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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

16th Over Syndrome foxing the batsmen

The 16th over Syndrome is fast catching the eyes of the teams, perhaps more than the Strategic Time-out Syndrome.

Data available to Castrol Index (till April 30, 2009) shows that more wickets have fallen in the 16th over than in the 11th over, which follows the Strategic Time Out at the end of the 10th over.

Though 19th and 20th overs have devoured the most number of wickets presumably because batsmen tend to take more risks during the slog overs, it’s the high number of wickets that fall in the 16th over which have resulted in the slump in the Extreme Performance Batting averages of the teams this year, in comparison to 2008 (see table below).

The 16th over syndrome can be attributed to the fact that due to the difficult batting tracks in South Africa, the teams tend to surge their scoring rates forcefully from the 15th over. But, with the tricky wickets not helping the hard-hitters, slogging often becomes a challenging task, resulting in wickets tumbling in the 16th over, thereby affecting the run rate of the team. No wonder, teams are finding it more difficult to post a 200 plus total in this tournament

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